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nunne

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
nunne, an ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§109;
A nun, a vestal
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  • Árwurðe wudewe vel nunne

    nonna,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 30.

  • Nunna,

    • 72, 3.

  • Nunne

    sanctimonialis,

    • 284, 68.

  • Wæs on ðam sylfan mynstre sum hálig nunne

    erat in ipso monasterio quaedam sanctimonialis femina,

    • Bd, 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 595, 36.

  • Caperronis wæs hátenu heora goda nunne (

    virgo vestalis

    ),
    • Ors. 4, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 162, 31.

  • Se ðe mid nunnan hǽme, gehálgodre legerstówe ne sý hé wyrðe,

    • L. Edm. E. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 246, 6.

  • Ǽfre ne geweorðe, ðæt cristen man gewífige on gehálgodre ǽnigre nunnan,

    • L. Eth. vi. 12
      • ;
    • Th. 318, 17.

  • Gif hwá wið nunnan forlicge, sí ǽgðer his weres scildig, ge hé ge heó,

    • L. N. P. L. 63
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 300, 20.

  • Be nunnan hǽmede. Gif hwá nunnan of mynstre út álǽde bútan kyninges léfnesse geselle hundtwelftig sciłł .... Gif heó leng libbe ðonne se ðe hié út álǽdde, náge hió his ierfes ówiht. Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes,

    • L. Alf. pol. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 66, 14-20.

  • Be nunnena onfenge. Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge, oððe on hire hrægl, oððe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó sý hit twýbéte,

    • 18
      • ;
    • Th. i. 72, 7-10.

  • Nunnan regollíce libban

    let nuns live according to their rule,

    • L. Eth. v. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 304, 27.

  • Sum fǽmne of ðæra nunnena ríme

    quaedam de numero virginum,

    • Bd. 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 616, 3.

  • Nunnena pól,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 313, 26.
Etymology
[
Icel. nunna
:
O. H. Ger. nunna,
from Lat. nonna.
]
Linked entries
v.  non.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nunne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23947.

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